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Claude Monet quotes: Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it. Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
Claude Monet quotes: I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics. I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
Claude Monet quotes: My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws. My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
Claude Monet quotes: ... Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all - my head is bursting ... ... Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all - my head is bursting ...
Claude Monet quotes: It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
Claude Monet quotes: I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant. I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
Claude Monet quotes: My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it. My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
Claude Monet quotes: Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in ... Ruskin's Elements. Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in ... Ruskin's Elements.
Claude Monet quotes: It is better to have done something than to have been someone. It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
Claude Monet quotes: I want to paint the way a bird sings. I want to paint the way a bird sings.
Claude Monet quotes: Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime. Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
Claude Monet quotes: Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers. Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
Claude Monet quotes: I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow. I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
Claude Monet quotes: The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water. The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water.
Claude Monet quotes: I'm knocked out, I've never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I'm quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy ... I'm knocked out, I've never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I'm quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy ...
Claude Monet quotes: One day I am satisfied, the next day I find it all bad; still I hope that some day I will find some of them good. One day I am satisfied, the next day I find it all bad; still I hope that some day I will find some of them good.
Claude Monet quotes: I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair. I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
Claude Monet quotes: Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane. Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
Claude Monet quotes: It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before. It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
Claude Monet quotes: I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint ... I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint ...
Claude Monet quotes: I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
Claude Monet quotes: I must have flowers, always, and always. I must have flowers, always, and always.
Claude Monet quotes: By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me. By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me.
Claude Monet quotes: It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience. It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
Claude Monet quotes: I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home. I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
Claude Monet quotes: These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession. These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
Claude Monet quotes: I insist upon 'doing it alone' ... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions. I insist upon 'doing it alone' ... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.
Claude Monet quotes: I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light. I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light.
Claude Monet quotes: I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel. I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
Claude Monet quotes: When I work I forget all the rest. When I work I forget all the rest.
Claude Monet quotes: What I need most of all is color, always, always. What I need most of all is color, always, always.
Claude Monet quotes: I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted ... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off to see the sea. I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted ... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off to see the sea.
Claude Monet quotes: The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute. The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
Claude Monet quotes: Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive. Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
Claude Monet quotes: I have once more taken up things that can't be done: water with grasses weaving on the bottom. But I'm always tackling that sort of thing! I have once more taken up things that can't be done: water with grasses weaving on the bottom. But I'm always tackling that sort of thing!
Claude Monet quotes: All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was. All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
Claude Monet quotes: I would love to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but I cannot find them the way I want them. I would love to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but I cannot find them the way I want them.
Claude Monet quotes: I don't think I'm made for any earthly kind of pleasure. I don't think I'm made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
Claude Monet quotes: One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his advice. One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his advice.
Claude Monet quotes: I had so much fire in me and so many plans ... I had so much fire in me and so many plans ...
Claude Monet quotes: I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture. I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
Claude Monet quotes: I never draw except with brush and paint ... I never draw except with brush and paint ...
Claude Monet quotes: I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love. I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love.
Claude Monet quotes: I can only draw what I see. I can only draw what I see.
Claude Monet quotes: Everything changes, even stone. Everything changes, even stone.
Claude Monet quotes: Apart from painting and gardening, I'm not good at anything. Apart from painting and gardening, I'm not good at anything.
Claude Monet quotes: People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
Claude Monet quotes: I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather. I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
Claude Monet quotes: If the world really looks like that I will paint no more! If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
Claude Monet quotes: It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it! It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!
Claude Monet quotes: My life has been nothing but a failure. My life has been nothing but a failure.
Claude Monet quotes: My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
Claude Monet quotes: What could be said about me ... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well. What could be said about me ... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.
Claude Monet quotes: All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it. All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
Claude Monet quotes: I'm quite content: although what I'm doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same ... I'm quite content: although what I'm doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same ...
Claude Monet quotes: No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
Claude Monet quotes: My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions. My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
Claude Monet quotes: To have gone to all this trouble to get to this is just too stupid! Outside there's brilliant sunshine but I don't feel up to looking at it ... To have gone to all this trouble to get to this is just too stupid! Outside there's brilliant sunshine but I don't feel up to looking at it ...
Claude Monet quotes: I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance. I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
Claude Monet quotes: I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly. I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
Claude Monet quotes: I would like to paint the way a bird sings. I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
Claude Monet quotes: I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one. I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
Claude Monet quotes: I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny. I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
Claude Monet quotes: While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose ... While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose ...
Claude Monet quotes: For almost two months now I've been struggling away with no result. For almost two months now I've been struggling away with no result.
Claude Monet quotes: I think only of my painting, and if I were to drop it, I think I'd go crazy. I think only of my painting, and if I were to drop it, I think I'd go crazy.
Claude Monet quotes: Light is the most important person in the picture. Light is the most important person in the picture.
Claude Monet quotes: It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies. It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies.
Claude Monet quotes: I get madder and madder on giving back what I feel. I get madder and madder on giving back what I feel.
Claude Monet quotes: Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule. Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
Claude Monet quotes: I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about. I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about.
Claude Monet quotes: As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period. As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.
Claude Monet quotes: A good impression is lost so quickly ... A good impression is lost so quickly ...
Claude Monet quotes: I'm in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint. I'm in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
Claude Monet quotes: Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad
Claude Monet quotes: It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done. It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done.
Claude Monet quotes: It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare. It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
Claude Monet quotes: I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
Claude Monet quotes: The real subject of every painting is light. The real subject of every painting is light.
Claude Monet quotes: Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room ... Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room ...
Claude Monet quotes: Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly. Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
Claude Monet quotes: Nature won't be summoned to order and won't be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught. Nature won't be summoned to order and won't be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
Claude Monet quotes: Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep. Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
Claude Monet quotes: When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working ...
Claude Monet quotes: The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects. The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.
Claude Monet quotes: What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence. What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence.
Claude Monet quotes: No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet. No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.
Claude Monet quotes: No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself ... No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself ...
Claude Monet quotes: Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light. Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.
Claude Monet quotes: Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation. Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation.
Claude Monet quotes: One can do something if one can see and understand it ... One can do something if one can see and understand it ...
Claude Monet quotes: The further I get, the more I regret how little I know ... The further I get, the more I regret how little I know ...
Claude Monet quotes: What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers? What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?
Claude Monet quotes: It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have. It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have.
Claude Monet quotes: My heart is forever in Giverny. My heart is forever in Giverny.
Claude Monet quotes: Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things. Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
Claude Monet quotes: I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting. I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
Claude Monet quotes: Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
Claude Monet quotes: Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it's enchanting, it's delicious. Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it's enchanting, it's delicious.
Claude Monet quotes: To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at. To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

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